Improvement in spindles for spinning machinery



E. T. LANPHEAR. Spindle for Spinning Machinery.

No. 220,158. Patented Sept. 30,1879.

II/Zbzesses UNITED Brin/ runs PATENT .OFFICIEL EDWIN T. LANPHEAR, OFPHENIX, RHODE ISLAND.

IMPROVEMENT IN SPINDLES FOR SPINNING MACHINERY.

Specification forming part of Letters' Patent No. 220,158, datedSeptember 0, 1879; application filed February 20, 1879.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Beit known that I, EDWIN T. LANPHEAR,

ot Phenix, in the county of Kent and State of The invention consists ina combination of a hollow spindle having one or more passages vthroughit, a jacket of fibrous material Varranged around the upper part of saidspindle for distributing the lubricating material, a rotating shell forcarrying the cop, spool, or bobbin arranged around or outside of saidjacket, an oil-receptacle below the spindle, and a wick for supplyingoil from said receptacle to said jacket, whereby an easy and steadyrunning action is obtained for the shell and a perfect lubrication ofthesame is effected.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents an outside view, inelevation, ot' a spindle constructed in accordance with my invention,and Fig. 2 a sectional longitudinal view of the same.

A is the spindle, which is a stationary or dead one, driven or otherwisesecured firmly into a base, B, which is secured to the rail C. Thisspindle is what may be termed an inverted77 one, inasmuch as, instead ofhaving a step-bearin g below, it has a dead stepor center, b, at itshead or top for a shell, fD, which carries the cop, spool, or bobbin,togturn upon, said shell carrying a live step, c, which works in or onthe dead step or center f7), accordingly as the respective portions of'such upper stepbearing are male or female. All that is done by thisupper step-bearing is to support the weight of the shell D and cop,spool, or bobbin carried by it. The lower part of the shell D is fittedwith a bushing to form a lower lateral guide or bearing, d, for therotating shell D, and whereby, in connection with the upper step-bearingof or for the shell D, said shell is steadied in its run or rotation.Attached to the lower end of the shell D, and in close proximity to thespindle-base B, is the whirl E, by which the shell is rotated.

The spindle A is made hollow from its lower end, which is open, to orabove the upper end of the guide d, and the spindle-base B, which isalso hollow or tubular and open at both ends, has tted or screwed intoits lower end an oil-receptacle, G, having a supplyopening, c. The partof the spindle A above the guide d is of such reduced diameter as toprovide for the arrangement around it and between it and the interior ofthe shell D ot' a lubricating-jacket, H, of felt or other suitablefibrous material. This jacket is supplied with oil by capillaryattraction from the oil receptacle Gr by means of one or more wicks, I,arranged to pass up from said receptacle through the tubularspindle-base B, through the hollow or tubular part g of the spindle, andout through one or more lateral apertures, h, in the tubular part of thespindle under cover ot' the jacket H, thus lubricating the shelLD toprovide for its easy rotation around the spindle. Oil escaping frombelow the shell or its whirl is returned to the receptacle G by means ofone or more longitudinal passages, lc, in the spindle-base B. It ispreferred to secure the spindle-base B to its place in the rail O bymeans ot' one or more set-screws.

I claim- The combination, with a spindle for spinning machinery, madehollow or tubular, and with one or more passages through it, of a jacketot fibrous material arranged around the upper part of said spindle, arotating shell for carrying the cop, spool, or bobbin arranged around oroutside ot said jacket, an. oil-receptacle below the spindle, and a wickfor supplying oil from said receptacle to said jacket, substantially asspecified.

EDWIN T. LANPHEAR.

Witnesses:

E. C. GAPWELL, E. B. PARKER.

